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Wedding Quartets in  Derbyshire   

Find available wedding quartets in  Derbyshire  on our national live wedding music database

See our  Derbyshire  Wedding Quartets

Some of our wedding quartets across the UK. To view wedding quartets in   Derbyshire  select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding quartets that local to your area.

 
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Interested in our wedding quartets? Just send an email for a rapid, no obligation quotation. If you'd like to discuss the musical possibilities and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.      

 

Weddings, wedding quartets and composers

Most composers have written music for the Wedding Quartet, which was considered by many of them to the be the perfect musical ensemble. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:-  Joseph Jongen (1873-1953; age 79); José Serebrier (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933; age 55); Jan Zwart (1877-1937; age 59); Roger Quilter (1877-1953; age 75); Jesús Castillo (1877-1946; age 68); Déodat de Séverac (1873-1921; age 47); Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (1874-1956; age 81); Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874-1953; age 78); Annie Gosfield (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Christiaan de Jong (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Piet Swerts (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Alla Penkina (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Quartets.  Derbyshire   

Literature has many references about wedding quartets and their instruments. Here are some examples-

That instrument of mixed sex ... this hermaphrodite of theorchestra. Thomas Beecham (1879—1961) A Mingled Chime, 1944

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Derbyshire   

Wedding - With one of our Wedding Quartets you can be sure that your special day will be made even more special with music during the wedding ceremony, drinks reception or wedding breakfast.

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Our talented and adaptable Wedding Quartets have extensive repertoires enabling them to play appropriate music for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding quartets   

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING QUARTETS

String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; Nimrod – Elgar; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; String Quartet K525 – Mozart; Nutcracker Suite - Arabic Dance – Tchaikowsky; Pizicato Ploka - J Strauss; Presto from Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 – Mozart; Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Haydn; Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata K331 – Mozart; Simple Symphony – Britten; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Standchen – Schubert; String Quartet K155 – Mozart; Suite No 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - J S Bach; The Four Seasons – Winter – Vivaldi; The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams; Traumerei – Schumann; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Anthem from Chess; Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; String Quartet K546 – Mozart; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Cheek to Cheek;